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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-09-15
THE CAP FITS.

The minister said last night. says he,
: tDon't b~eafraid OF givinsT
If your life amt worth nothin. TO other 1oAs
Why what's the use OF hvin'
And that's what 1 say to my wife, says /,
There's Brown. the mis,rable sinner,
He'd sooner a beggar would starve than give
A cent towards buyin' a dinner.
7 tell YOU our minister is prime, he is;
But couldn't quite determine, = 4
When I heard him q givin' it, right and left,
just who was hit by his sermon.
OF course there couldn't be no mistake
When he talked of long-winded prayin',
For Peters and johnson they sot and scOwled,
At every word he was sayin'. e..
And the minister he went on to say,
There's various kinds of cheatin',
And religions as good for every day
AS it to bring to meetin'.
don't think much of the man that gives
The loud amens to my preachln',
And spends his time the following week
In cheatin' and oyerreachin'."
1 guess that dose was bitter enough
' For q man like Jones to swallow;
But / noticed he didn't open his mouth,
Not once, after that, to holler:
Hurrah, says L, for the minister
OF course I said it quiet
Give us some more of this open talk,
Its very refreshin' diet.
The minister hit 'em every time.
And when he spoke OF fashion,
And higgins out in bows and things,
And Woman's rulin' passion,
And com1n to church to see the styles,
I couldn't help a-winkin'
And a-nudgin' my wife, and says /, "That's You, y
And / guess it sot her thinkin'.
Says I to myself, that sermons pat,
But man is a queer creation,
And I'm much afraid that most of the folks
Won't take the application.
Now, if he had said a word about
My personal mode of sinnin'
I'd have gone. to work to right myself,
And not sit there a-grinnin'.
Just then the minister says, says he,
"And now I've come to the fellers,
Who've lost this shower by usin' their friends
AS a sort O. moral umbrellas,
Go home says he, and find your faults,
Instead of huntin' your brothers,
Go home,'' says he, and wear the coats
You tried to fit for Others"
Ny wife she nudged, and Brown he winked,
And there was lots o. smilin',
And lots O. lookin' at our pew,
1t sot my blood a bilin',
Says I to myself, our minister
Is gettin' a little bitter,
I'll tell him when the meetin's out, that l
Amt at all that kind of a c%ritter.
London Baptist.
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State gtems.

Davidson Dispatch: Mr.. H. F. Nc
Carly has sold his Standard mine for
$4,000 to a gentleman from Ohio.
In a few days parties are expected to
arrive here to take the Grand Man for
$50, 900.
Danbury Reporter: 1t is now said
that the Piedmont Springs have GER
tainly been sold to a wealthy joint
stock company, and that work will
very 500 commence on a twenty thou
sand dollar hotel.
The Twan- City says: Messrs. P. H.
Hanes & Go. shipped $4,000 pounds
of manufactured tobacco one day last
week. The shipments of tobacco from
Winston are very heavy now, and is a
for indication of a revival in business
circles.
Piedmont Press: The Conover Man
ufacturing Company, of Conover,
North Carolina, has been incorporated
for the purpose of manufacturing sash,
doors and blinds, and other wood work.
Capital stock 81, 500, with privilege of
increase to $780, OO.
Wilmington Messenger: Furniture
manufactured at Asheville and Char
lotte is sold in this vicinity, and even
in Wilmington. We are glad to see
such evidence of enterprise on the part
of Charlotte and Asheville, but why
has not Wilmington a furniture fac
tory?
Peoples Press: Work on the Wilkes
boro Railroad has commenced. We
n pleased to notice that the road to
Mocksville will also be attended to
shortly. Work going on on these
roads will do much to encourage the
progress of the two towns, and we
look for a healthy increase of business
all around this winter.
Laurinburg Exchanges: Mr.. A. A.
Leach has raised the champion water
melon of this section this year. 1t
weighs rs lbs. and can now be seen at
Mr.. l.. "A. Monroe's store. He also
says that he has pulled several off of
two wines in his mothers. garden,
weighing 40 and As lbs, n of which
vines yielded this jumbo melon.
Charlotte Daily Hornet: Capt. S. J..
Warren, well known in mining circles
here, is opening the Ketner gold mine,
in Rowan county, and reports a fine
prospect. This mine was worked be-
fore the war. and has the reputation
of having produced some Of the rich
est ore found in the South. Since
then it has remained idle until the
present time.
Franklin Times: Our tabacco farm
ers are making some excellent cures,
and some very fine tobacco. has been
raised in this county. The crop, this
year wassprohably not be so large, as it
was last, but we are glad to say, that
the quality is much better. This is as
1t should be, as the good article always
brings q fair price, While the inferior
s1alls to pay expenses.
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VOCAL MUSIC!'

A School for preparing I Ladies and Gentlemen in.
the art Of teaching and conducting Singing. School,
Sabbath School and Congregational Music: Six
upon this good work. - =: -: '.3
re- = 80. 3 =: .--.-E :. : m ,.ttrs.s
First session from Nov +, 1887, to Dec. Is, 1887.
Second session from Jan. 2, 1888, to Feb. Is, 1888.
- -. r. s:4a<t,tr~ -" -. -.@E :E%i
Entire expense per session, $50, including tuition,
Instruction on Guitar $40 extra. Use of text
books free 7:.@g. = *
Correspondence solicited. Address
c.. L. WILSON
sep156t Raleigh, N c.
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Pomona Hill Nurseries Nurse
POMONA, N. c.,

Two and a half miles west of Greon.
boro, n. @. The main line of the p
& D. R. R. passes through the gronrds
and within 100 feet of the oFoo
Salem trains make regular stops twio.
daily each way. Those interested is
Fruit and Fruit growing are cordial,
ly invited to inspect this the LARGEST
nursery in the State and one anon
the largest in the South.
The proprietor has for many vosr.
visited the leading Nurseries North
and West and correspondent with thosa
of foreign countries, gathering eyerv
fruit that was calculated to suit tho
South, both native and foreign. The
reputation of Pomona Hill Nurseries
is such that many agents going out
from Greensboro, representing other
nurseries, try to leave the impression
that they are representing these nur.
series. Why do they do it? Let the
public answer
[ have in stock growing land can
show visitors the same) the largest and
best stock of trees, &C., ever shown O,
seen in any two nurseries in North
Carolina. consisting of apple, peach.
pear, cherry, plum, grape, japanese
persimmon, japanese plum, apricots,
nectarine, Russian apricot, mulberry,
ounces. Small fruits: Strawberry,
raspberry, c%urrants, pecans, English
walnuts, rhubard, asparagus, ever.
greens, shade trees, roses, &c.
Give your order to my authorized
agent or order direct from the nur.
sery. Correspondence solicited. Des.
criptive catalogues free to applicants.
Address, J. VAN L1NDLEY,
Pomona,
Guilford county, N. c..
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Its officers shall consist of a President,
Vice-president and Secretary and Treas
urer, who shall be elected for the term of
n year. 49,.
1t shall be the duty of the President to
preside at all regular or called meetings of
the Club, and to nnounce the order of bu-
siness. In his absence, the Vice-president
shall preside. In the absence of both, the
club may elect a temporary Chairman.
1t shall be the duty of the Secretary to
keep a record of the proceedings Of the
Club, and carry on such correspondence
as the Club may direct.
In addition to the officers there shall be
an Executive Committee, consisting of
three or more members, as the Club may
determine, to transact business appertain-
ing to the Club.
Applications for membership must be
made by petition, endorsed by one or
more members of the Club. Such petition
shall be referred to a committee, who will
report at the next regular meeting, when
a vote may be had upon the petition, a
majority of the Club, not of those present
simply, being necessary to elect to MEM
bership.
No one shall be eligible to membership
unless practically engaged in Agriculture.
Farmers wives and daughters may be
elected as honorary members.
There shall be no initiation or other fee
charged. All necessary expenses shall be
betrayed by proportionate assessment or
by voluntary contributions, as the Club
may decide.
The President, Vice-president and Sec
rotary shall be ex-officio representative
members of the Club to the County Club,
when such is organized, and shall have
full power to vote and act for the Club,
unless the Club shall decide to elect other
members as such representatives.
The Club shall have power to draft by
laws for its government.
The Constitution may be amended by
giving two months notice of the amend
ment proposed, in writing, but no amend
ment shall be carried without a tw%o-thirds
vote of the members Of the Club.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-09-15
RACKET STORE!
THE GREAT
Bargain House
OF -" -.
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81 r A g. 6 Ill.,

Our quotations are well calculated to challenge
the attention. of every man or lady in the Uuion, no
matter where or how he buys, these figures will plead
with powers invisible and these truths will fasten
themselves upon him and hasten the day when his
time purchases must cease. These silent figures
carry with them a force of logic, philosophy and
religion, that will smash up every vestige OF time
erly rest upon the basis Of merit alone.
The best values for the least money. Don't work
hard and make adollar and give one half Of it away
to some one that cares nothing about you. and are
better off than you are. Buy your goods where
you can get them cheapest-at the
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BYLAWS.


I. The meetings of the Club shall be
held once a month Cor ~oftener) at such
time and place as the Club may direct.
Special meetings may be called by the Ex-
~ecutive Committee if deemed advisable.
II. The Order of Business shall be:
l. Calling the roll.
2. Reading minutes of preceding meet
ing.
3. Election of new members.
4. Report of committees.
5. Unfinished business.
6. New business.
Z. Election of officers.
III. Elections shall be by ballot, the
tellers appointed by the President, and
those candidates receiving the largest num-
Der of votes, as counted before the Club,
shall be declared elected.
". After: the regular business, the Club
may hear discussions, essays or addresses
upon Agriculture, but no religious or po-
htical discussions will be permitted, or
nothing calculated to mar the harmony of
the Club.
V. Seven members shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business.
Each member will have the right to ex-
press his views fully upon any subject I'M
der discussion, but must do S courteously
and not indulge in rudeness. Breach of
courtesy will subject the offender to re-
proof, and if persisted in, he may be ex-
PEELED by a vote Of the Club. An expelled
member cannot regain admission under
one year. ..a -.-
Every member should feel it his duty to
advance the interests of his fellow mem
,bers and Of his brother farmers, giving
such aid and council as they may seek,
when in his power to do so. -
~ The above form, with slight mod
ifcations, will answer for the organization
of County Clubs '-~
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The Store.

This week we are opening some of the greatest
bargains in Valenciennes Laces, plain and fancy;
fancy Everlasting Trimmings, Torchon Laces,
Ladies' Cuffs, Rulings, Velveteens, Counterpanes
$1'35, worth $1.75 big assortment Ladies, Jerseys.
Many of these goods l have manufactured at cash
prices and will be sold at great bargains.
Most respectfully submitted to the cash trade only.
VOLNEY PURSELL & CO.,
iu9ly *E. No. 10 E. Martin st.
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FARMERS CLUB.
Form Of Constitution and Bylaws.

CONSTITUTION.
{. This club shall be known as the Far
mer's Club of--- Township. It's
object shall be to improve the condition
Of the farmers and promote the cause
of Agriculture.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-09-15

- The above form, with slight mod
ifications, will answer for the organization
Of County Clubs. ,-- .
The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-04-07

related where men had made millions
in the business. The chairman ap-
pointed committee to investigate the
matter and see what the gentlemen
desired to do.
There is MT word in the above but
what will apply with equal force to
the Twin-City, and The SENTINEL
has the names of parties who will bring
an enterprise like this to this place, il
a stock company can be organized.
There is simply no need, whatever,
for our people to buy Northern man
ufacturers 5 and 10 cents per pound
for soap that we can make ourselves,
for less than cents.
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A VERY wise and consoling provis-
ion of the subscription of 100000 by
Winston township to the Northwest
ern Railroad is that actual construct
ion must begin within six months,
that the work shall be continuous and
not more than four years shall elapse
before the entire road shall be COM
pleted to Wilkesbore, or the bonds
will be fo, feited. The SENTINEL
has no doubt but that work will act
ually be begun Immediately after the
election, and it has many reasons for
believing that the construction will be
pushed with all possible rapidity and
that within less than four years time,
the road will be entirely completed.
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EVERY true friend of the laboring
man and every "horny handed son of
toll" himself, will rejoice to know
that no convict labor is to be employ
ed in the construction of the Winston
and Wilkesboro road. Only honest
labor will be had and thus a large
number of workmen, of all classes re-
siding in our own immediate section
will be given employment. 1t is an
injustice to the intelligent working
men of our community to declare that
they are opposed to the road We
predict that no class will vote for the
subscription more enthusiastically than
the working men.
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she money is kept at home, or at least
within a radius of country that trades
with shat city where most of what is
paid the sellers for The crude material
at last finds it way a.3.
The company which inaugurated
this industry in the city Lynchbnrg
now realizes 10 per cent on their in
vestment, with their stock selling
when it can be bought at all, for
$11O to $115.
We mention this instance of Lynch
burg enterprise to show that Winston
can easily set on foot similar indust-
ry, and one which will give employ
ment to many and create a market,
Cat the rate of 81. per 100 lbs> for
an article not heretofore considered
worth hauling to town.
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ANY county is now entitled to its
convicts to work the public roads
which will build stockades and provide
for guarding and supporting them.
This is good law and The SENTINEL
would be glad to see the criminals OF
the county kept on our own public
roads, instead of being sent elsewhere
to enrich the property of railroad cor
porations. Every county should vie
with each other in thus improving on :
public thoroughfares.
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TIE tax necessary to build the
road from Winston to Wilkesboro
will amount to eleven cents on the
one hundred dollars at present valu-
alton and thirty three cents on the
poll, the tax thus being fairly divided
between property holders and nom
property holders. The amount OF
money expended in building the
road being considerably more than
the amount of our proposed subscript-
The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-04-07

ABOUT ADV ERTISING.

There is nothing SO little UNDER
stood as the value of an advertisement.
The value is almost invariably In pro-
portion to the circulation given it.
The object Of the advertiser is to make
his business known as extensively as
possible among those whose patronage
he solicits. If one paper makes that
business known to five hundred read
ers, and another to five thousand, the
latter is worth to the advertiser Just
ten times as much as the former and
get very large majority of advertis-
ers don't know one difference, and i'm
agine they save money by getting the
cheapest advertising. There is another
matter just as little understood; we
mean the cost of the advertisement to
the publisher. That cost is nearly in
proportion to the circulation. This
cost consists in composition, in press
work, in paper, in mailing, IN wear
and tear OF type, press, &c. The first
item is much the smallest, for an ad-
vertisement to continue any length of
time, and the cost of this is Just the
same, no matter what the circulation.
But all the other items, constituting,
generally, m"re than nine-tenths of
the whole cost, increase fast in pro-
portion to the circulation. That is,
one paper having ten times the circu-
lation of another has to pay about ten
times as much for press work, paper
work of mailing, and wear and tear OF
material, and were the two papers to
charge the same for the same adver.
tisement, the more largely circulated
paper would lose money by the opera
ton, while the other would make large
profit. The SENTINEL's charges are
in proportion to its circulation.
The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-04-07

TEN miles Of the proposed road to
Wilkesboro must be built before our
bonds will pass into the hands of the
company and not one cent of interest
will therefore have to be paid until
that length of track shall have been
laid and the trains are running over
it. No public measure could be safer
and freer from risky exigiencies.
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The Manufacturers Association q

The Manufacturer Association of
Atlanta, Ga, has made most satisfact-
DRY Roadway since its organization.
In six months, as shown by a report of
the president, the association has been
instrumental in the establishment Of
eight new enterprises, with an aggre-
gate capital of over a quarter of a
million Of dollars, employing over 400
operatives, and adding 1000 souls to
the population. Such organisations
as this build up city. We can make
The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-04-07
SOAP MANDATORY.
An Industry that Ought to be Estab-
lished In Winston.

lished In Winston.
The minutes Of the Racine, Wiscon-
sin, Business Mems Association, { a
very beneficial organization, too, } as
published in the Journal of that typi-
cal Western city, contains the follow
ing:
Messrs. Hoagland and Zipple, two
enterprising gentlemen from Toledo,
Ohio, presentd a communication call
ing attention to the fact that they had
located here and established a factory
on as mall scale, and solicited the in
spection of the Association. This soap
is made by new process that emits
no bad stencil or odors, and they can
manufacture it in small quantities at
II cents per pound, or 1 cent per ID.
in large amounts. Several bars of the
soap were exhibited, and Mr.. A. Ro-
bens, who is an expert on soap, stated
that it was fine article for the money
and he was unable to understand how
it could be manufactured at such low
figures. The members became quite
enthusiastic on the soap question, and
Mr.. Secor said if the soap was good he
would not be afraid to invest $4,000,
if the article could be produced at the
price stated. Many instances were
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GRINDING ROME MEAL.
We Should not Dispise the Day OF
Small Things.

We Should not Dispfse the Day Of
Small Things.
The SENTINEL is utilitarian. 1t
believes that the idle forces around us
should be put to practical good. A few
years ago a Lynchburg firm, who did
not "dispise the day of small things"
established mills for the purpose of
grinding bone into meal, a valuable
fertilizer. At first they experienced a
difficulty in receiving enough mater
ial in their immediate vicinity to keep
them in operation, but after a little
while the people became enlightened
as to the necessity Of utilizing what
had hitherto BEEN considered worth
less, and which constantly accuma-
lates to greater or less extent on
every farm and in every town; SO that
now the company is enabled to obtain
the greater portion of their supply of
bones from the counties and towns
that surround LynchDurg. Farther,
the farmer is benefited to the extent
of being able to buy pure article Of
bone meal at first hands and at con-
sequently reduced price, and thus all
The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-04-07

OUR readers at distance, we teel
quite sure, will pardon the absence
from this issue of much of the variety
which usually characteristics SEN
TINEL's contents. We are willing to
believe that much OF the matter about
Winston Salem published this week
will be of interest to them. The
Young Peoples Corner which was to
have had place in this issue, will ap-
pear in our next.
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SALE OF HOUSE AND LOT.

DY VIRTUE OF A MORTGAGE DEED,
- executed to me by Thomas F. Casey and
wife, and recorded in Book of Mortgages No. 2,
page 800, &c, of the public records of Forsyth
county, on Saturday, the 10th day of April,
1887, at the Court House door in Winston, N
c., at l o'clock, p. NJ, l will offer for sale the
House and Lot of said Thomas F. Casey, lying
in the Town of Winston, n c., on North street.
near Liberty, adjoining the lands of C. A.
Casey, J. A. Tise and Alexander Nading. The
lot is so by 100 feet, and the house is a sub
stantial four room building. Terms of sale
Cash. r. B. KERNER,
March 9, 1887. 1O-td Mortgage.
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WHAT MAKES A BOOM.

Under this caption the Salisbury
Herald, progressive and wide awake
paper, by-the-bye, says:
A boom always originates with a
few persons. They have to fight with
discouragements, but if they persevere
they always succeed. 1t is, not often
that they are assisted at first by older
men who have capital. But if they
persevere these will come in due time.
The secret of booms is combination.
Ifbut few men attend public meetings
neld in interest of the material pro-
gress of place, there will be no boom
until things are changed in this re-
gard. If men leave their own bust
ness to attend such meetings, the boom
is very near. And when the town
prospers, the individuals prosper. So
when new enterprises are started.
If men generally say that they need
all the money they can get for their
private business, no combination is
possible But if they are willing to
risk money to help practicable enter
prise of the joint stock order, they
will see prosperity brought to their
own doors.
In town not a thousand miles
away, they had less money and more
public spirit than in any other town
that could be found. All the citizens
however poor, attended all public
meetings and talked when they could
do nothing else Every one made
sacrifices in his private business to
The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-04-07

The subscription of 100000 to the
extension of the Northwestern Rail-
road to Wilkesboro is not gift. 1t
is an investment in stock that will be
as valuable to the township so much
stock subscribed by individuals. 1t
is an investment that will pan out
well any way you look at it.
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ion, large sums will be distributed in
wages, and otherwise, along the line,
SO that at least $4,000 will have
been spent by the Railroad Company
before our first installment of bonds
for $4,000 will be delivered. Any
way we look att, the road to Wilkes
boro will put money in our pockets.